Jan. 14—100 Years Ago

Jan. 14, 1923

This date was a Sunday. The Frederick News-Post did not publish a Sunday edition at this time.

40 Years Ago

Jan. 14, 1983

Maryland's preliminary plans to restore the historic Catoctin Furnace near Thurmont brought muffled cries of disbelief from the Frederick County Planning Commission Thursday. The state Department of Natural Resources plans parking spaces for visitors near the Manor area in Cunningham Falls State Park. A pedestrian bridge would traverse U.S. 15 to take people from their cars to the site. The design of the pedestrian overpass is to be incorporated in the long-awaited dualization of U.S. 15 south of Thurmont.

Beginning Jan. 13, single-line residence and business telephone customers in Maryland will have an alternative to leasing their standard Trimline or Princess telephones from C&P Telephone Co. They may purchase their in-place telephones from C&P or buy additional models from the company's inventory. The Maryland Public Service Commission has approved the company's proposal to offer customers the choice of buying both dial and the Touch-Tone models of desk and wall sets.

(Editor's Note: The News-Post does not have access to archives from 50 years ago for August 1972 through March 1973. The "50 Years Ago" summary will return April 1, 2023.)

20 Years Ago

Jan. 14, 2003

A Gaithersburg developer received final site-plan approval from the Frederick planning commission Monday night, propelling his Carroll Creek project further toward final permission from the mayor and board of aldermen. The proposed building would sit along the creek just north of East All Saints Street, between South Carroll and Market streets. Plans call for a three-story office building with retail spaces.

Local nonprofit representatives crowded the community room at F&M Bancorp on Monday morning to learn what Maryland's budget troubles mean for them and the programs they administer. "Coping with Cutbacks" was sponsored by three area organizations and featured Steve Hill of the Maryland Budget and Policy Institute, which provides information about the budge to nonprofit advocates, communities and legislators.

100 Years Ago

Jan. 15, 1923

The meat house and carriage shed of Charles Abrecht Staley, near Yellow Springs, were entered by thieves recently. A quantity of meat and a horse blanket were stolen. The horse blanket was missed Thursday morning, but the meat theft was not discovered until Friday, when Mrs. Staley entered the building and found three hams and five sausage moulds missing. On checking up on the poultry Saturday, they found that a number of chickens were also missing.

Warfare will be waged against the carp, with the understanding that no armistice will be signed until this destroyer of fish spawn and aquatic plant life has been exterminated from the waters of the state of Virginia. Just how this undertaking will be accomplished is yet to be worked out. Frederick county, Md., has long been against the carp, but has failed so far in legislative backing. But according to Harry Kennedy, representative of the Potomac Anglers Association to the Virginia Game Wardens' Convention, the Virginians are determined to rid themselves of the pest regardless of work and expense.

40 Years Ago

Jan. 15, 1983

Repair work to the Weinberg Center soon will be underway, according to Frederick Mayor Ronald N. Young. A state grant will partially fund the project. Improvements at the center include stabilization, insulation, electrical and heating repairs, bathroom renovations, stage lighting, extension of the stage apron and renovations in the dressing room area. The 1,181-seat theater was donated to the city by the Dan Weinberg family in 1977. The facility sustained some interior and exterior damage during the Frederick flood of 1976.

July has been targeted as the time when several Frederick County Board of Education operations will be moved from the East Church Street headquarters to the former American Legion building next door. With the relocation, "the only thing that'll be left to worry about is parking," said Harold L. "Bud" Bauers, purchasing supervisor, whose office is in the basement of the current building. Some employees, he said, have to park three or four blocks away.

20 Years Ago

Jan. 15, 2003

Prosecutors looking to bring a death penalty case against 17-year-old sniper suspect John Lee Malvo said Tuesday that fingerprints on the murder weapon and other evidence link him to three slayings and a fourth attack that left a man critically wounded. Prosecutor Robert Horan Jr. also said Mr. Malvo tried to extort more than $10 million from authorities in exchange for stopping last fall's attacks, making his demands through a pair of notes and two phone calls.

Officials said Tuesday eastern Frederick County's next high school is planned for a 65-acre site along Yeagertown Road in the Lake Linganore subdivision. Although the site is not finalized, it was the only location school officials presented as an option Tuesday to the Frederick County Commissioners. The site, close to Md. 144, is one of four locations that were scouted within Lake Linganore, said Ray Barnes, the school system's facilities director.